Runway Conditions Report

[L. Trotter]

For those not familiar with reported runway conditions for landing or departing (particularly in the winter), here is the criteria airports use to report conditions. They will be given by NOTAM or verbally by the tower during approach. There will be 3 numbers provided correlating with the 1st 1/3rd, 2nd 1/3rd and last 1/3rd of the runway (example 5/5/5).  Hope this is helpful.

Runway Condition.pdf

If interested in the entire FAA circular, from which the chart was extracted, here is the link: https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_91-79A.pdf

 

[Danb]

Lee your a wealth of knowledge, hows that Acclaim making your trips from SD to Virginia.

[moodychief]

Actually, this is the AC we use at airports.  Table 5-2 shows the chart with the mU values added in.  

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/150-5200-30D.pdf